The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
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... supposed by some to be of im portance in diminishing the means of employing it with due profit . It might be so if the intrinsic capital , and not a portion of the profit obtained by that capital , were transferred to persons un- able ...
... supposed by some to be of im portance in diminishing the means of employing it with due profit . It might be so if the intrinsic capital , and not a portion of the profit obtained by that capital , were transferred to persons un- able ...
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... supposed loss , therefore , is an addition of about 2l . 16s . Od . per cent . to the latter sum . Professor Hamilton himself admits that , " the purchases made by the commissioners no doubt sup port the funds at a higher rate than they ...
... supposed loss , therefore , is an addition of about 2l . 16s . Od . per cent . to the latter sum . Professor Hamilton himself admits that , " the purchases made by the commissioners no doubt sup port the funds at a higher rate than they ...
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... supposed to be in any obscurity ; but Mr. Hobhouse expatiates at considerable length on the ignorance which in all times has prevailed concerning the interior topography of Albania . Nor is this much to be wondered at , when we consider ...
... supposed to be in any obscurity ; but Mr. Hobhouse expatiates at considerable length on the ignorance which in all times has prevailed concerning the interior topography of Albania . Nor is this much to be wondered at , when we consider ...
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... supposed to be no other than the ancient Omphalon ; and its singular position seems , according to Mr. Hobhouse , to favour the conjecture that it was once called the Navel of Epirus . In the route to Tepellenè , one of the most ...
... supposed to be no other than the ancient Omphalon ; and its singular position seems , according to Mr. Hobhouse , to favour the conjecture that it was once called the Navel of Epirus . In the route to Tepellenè , one of the most ...
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... supposed to be between twelve and thirteen hundred : of these , about four hundred are inha- bited by Turks , the remainder by Greeks and Albaniaus , the latter of whom occupy about three hundred houses . There are also seven or eight ...
... supposed to be between twelve and thirteen hundred : of these , about four hundred are inha- bited by Turks , the remainder by Greeks and Albaniaus , the latter of whom occupy about three hundred houses . There are also seven or eight ...
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Página 137 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 442 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 139 - The sting she nourish'd for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Página 153 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Página 87 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Página 140 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Página 195 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength ; and, therefore, they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Página 138 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 94 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Página 138 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...